Root rot early veg

[Tommyappleseed]

Hello everyone I am on my first grow and went right to dwc hydroponics. I’ve got 3 individual buckets (no res) and they are on week 3. I am running the flora gro trio with cal mag and diamond nectar. I try and keep it 5.8 ph but it climbs up slowly. Ppm is 7-800
Any help or tips would be appreciated

 

[redi jedi]

Doesnt look like rot to me. More likely its algae or bacteria of some kind probably from the diamond nectar

 

[rkymtnman]

you should think about running sterile or with good bacteria for a successful harvest

 

[Tommyappleseed]

you should think about running sterile or with good bacteria for a successful harvest

What is running sterile? Sorry I am new to this

 

[Tommyappleseed]

Doesnt look like rot to me. More likely its algae or bacteria of some kind probably from the diamond nectar

Should I be concerned at all? Anything I should do?

 

[rkymtnman]

What is running sterile? Sorry I am new to this

peroxide, chlorine, etc. kill everything good and bad.

 

[Tommyappleseed]

peroxide, chlorine, etc. kill everything good and bad.

Ok so like RO water ? I don’t have that luxury yet /:

 

[rkymtnman]

Ok so like RO water ? I don’t have that luxury yet /:

no RO water is just 0 ppm water.

 

[Tommyappleseed]

no RO water is just 0 ppm water.

How do I get 0 ppm water without RO system tho I thought that was the selling point of them

 

[Bobby Brown]

How do I get 0 ppm water without RO system tho I thought that was the selling point of them

You don't need RO water or low ppm water. You need a water chiller or you need to run beneficial bacteria in your bucket. The beneficial bacteria will be the less expensive route. I used a product called "Pondzyme" in a small RDWC system after I noticed the onset of root rot. A couple days after the initial application the root rot went away and stayed away.

 

[Tommyappleseed]

You don't need RO water or low ppm water. You need a water chiller or you need to run beneficial bacteria in your bucket. The beneficial bacteria will be the less expensive route. I used a product called "Pondzyme" in a small RDWC system after I noticed the onset of root rot. A couple days after the initial application the root rot went away and stayed away.

I have some stuff called orca beneficial bacteria but didn’t use it is it the same kind of thing?

 

[FidelCa$hflow]

Hello everyone I am on my first grow and went right to dwc hydroponics. I’ve got 3 individual buckets (no res) and they are on week 3. I am running the flora gro trio with cal mag and diamond nectar. I try and keep it 5.8 ph but it climbs up slowly. Ppm is 7-800
Any help or tips would be appreciated

Are u running tap water through them? Im not a hydro expert but tap is usually alkaline. I had to switch to rain water that i catch in 50 gallon drums. You can acidify your tap water a number of ways but it looks like you are gonna be starting over so keep us posted.

 

[Bobby Brown]

I have some stuff called orca beneficial bacteria but didn’t use it is it the same kind of thing?
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I have some stuff called orca beneficial bacteria but didn’t use it is it the same kind of thing?

Is this what you have? https://plantrevolution.com/product...u97bFJHQ3459cc3yvUlVxURp2hDfgV9RoClyMQAvD_BwE

If so it should work. Also from the pics of your roots above I'm not sure I see root rot.

 

[FidelCa$hflow]

Hello everyone I am on my first grow and went right to dwc hydroponics. I’ve got 3 individual buckets (no res) and they are on week 3. I am running the flora gro trio with cal mag and diamond nectar. I try and keep it 5.8 ph but it climbs up slowly. Ppm is 7-800
Any help or tips would be appreciated

Is that the plant in question? If so it doesnt look terribly sick to me. There are some healthy sections on that root system. Im confused…

 

[Tommyappleseed]

Is that the plant in question? If so it doesnt look terribly sick to me. There are some healthy sections on that root system. Im confused…

I just seen it turning black all the healthy roots I see online are creamy white so I got scared

 

[Bobby Brown]

I just seen it turning black all the healthy roots I see online are creamy white so I got scared

Sometime nutes will stain your roots. You will know when you have root rot. It will smell bad and have what looks like clear brownish snot all over the roots.

 

[Tommyappleseed]

Are u running tap water through them? Im not a hydro expert but tap is usually alkaline. I had to switch to rain water that i catch in 50 gallon drums. You can acidify your tap water a number of ways but it looks like you are gonna be starting over so keep us posted.

I am running tap water but I’m adjusting the ph

 

[rkymtnman]

How do I get 0 ppm water without RO system tho I thought that was the selling point of them

you misread what i said. RO does not equal running sterile.

 

[Tommyappleseed]

you misread what i said. RO does not equal running sterile.

Ok but how do I get 0ppm water

 

[rkymtnman]

Ok but how do I get 0ppm water

what ppm is your tap ?

you can buy RO, you can make RO, you can buy distilled or make it too. they are both 0 ppm.